That religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according... Christianity and American Democracy - Page 246by Hugh Heclo - 2009 - 312 pagesLimited preview - About this book
| United States. Congress. House - Legislation - 282 pages
...conftrued as exceptions to certain Specified powers, or as inferted merely for greater caution. Fourth. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be direfted only by reafon and conviction, and not by force or violence, and therefore alt men have an... | |
| Robert Baylor Semple - Baptists - 1810 - 514 pages
...we hold it for a fundamental and unalienable truth, " that religion, or the duty which we owe to the Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reafon and eonvidion, not by force or violence."* The religion, then, of every man, muft be left to... | |
| John Wilson Campbell - Virginia - 1813 - 322 pages
...frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. XVI. That religion, or the duty we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging...directed only by reason and conviction, not by force and violence; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according... | |
| David Bailie Warden - District of Columbia - 1816 - 230 pages
...delegates and representatives of Virginia holden at Williamsburgj in May 1766, it was solemnly declared : " that religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...directed only by reason and conviction, not by force and violence ; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of their religion, according... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1817 - 528 pages
...and to withhold from it any support by public taxation. But, although it may be true that « religion can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence," and that "all tfen arc equally entitled to the free exercise of religion according to TERRETT the dictates-of... | |
| United States federal convention - 1819 - 524 pages
...exceptions to certain specified powers, or as inserted merely for greater caution. iv. That religion, OP the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner...it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, and not by force or violence, and therefore all men have an equal, natural and unalienable right to... | |
| William White - 1820 - 502 pages
...state, to be laid before the convention of October, 1786 provided in the words following, viz.—" That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence, and therefore all men are... | |
| William White - 1820 - 506 pages
...following, viz. — " That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence, and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates... | |
| Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1822 - 526 pages
...by the convention.) frugality and virtue, and by frequent recurrence u fundamental principles. 16. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, ш be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence, and, therefore that all... | |
| Virginia, William Waller Hening - Law - 1821 - 674 pages
...frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 16. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Religion CREATOR, and the manner of discharging it, can be...by reason and conviction, not by force or violence, and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dic»... | |
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